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40 years of "messing around in boats"

click here	My boating resume.
click here	2017 boat improvement projects were not in short supply. Here were some of them.
click here	2016 The raw water cooling design for my three diesel engines sucked. Here is how I fixed it.
click here	2015 Pictures of "leak hunting". I was trying to figure out why I was getting so much oil and water in the drip pans beneath my engines.
click here	2015 Pictures of engine and heat exchanger cleaning.
click here	2015 Pictures of my current boat, a Marine Trader 38.
click here	2015 Pictures of my last boat, a Formosa 46 sailboat, when it was for sale.
click here	The "Peterson Cutter Website". Lots of goodies on the Kelly Peterson boats and the Formosa.
click here	The "Peterson Cutter Group". It's a discussion group, run by groups.yahoo.com
click here	2013 project. Check out my rather rude and crude cockpit enclosure for my Formosa 46 sailboat.
click here	2013 project. Here are the results of the great deck non-skid painting experiment for my Formosa 46 sailboat.
click here	2012 project. The plywood portion of the aft hatch on my Formosa 46 sailboat had serius rot problems, so I built a new one.
click here	2010 Trip report. My third ICW trip, this time on a 50' motor sailor from Annapolis, MD to Fernandina Beach, FL .
click here	2008 Trip report. Crewing on a Grand Banks 36 from Charleston to Baltimore. I had so much fun the first time, I had to go back.
click here	2007 Trip report. Crewing on a Grand Banks 36 from Charleston to West Palm Beach. I could not believe how comfortable power boating was. If it gets cold and wet, you just go inside and steer where it's warm and dry. What a concept for a foul weather-gear-sailor-type like me!
click here	Here is a book I wrote, called "Following The Dragon". In it, I describe sailing my Formosa 46 sailboat in Florida, the Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos, the Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine.
click here	2001/2002 pictures from sailing in the Great Sale Cay in the northern Bahamas.
click here	2001/2002 pictures from sailing around Marsh Harbor, Bahamas.
click here	2001/2002 pictures from sailing around Royal Island and Allans Cay, Bahamas.
click here	2001/2002 pictures from sailing around Georgetown, Bahamas.
click here	2001/2002 pictures from sailing in the southeast Bahamas.
click here	2001/2002 pictures from sailing in the Chesapeake Bay.
click here	2003 pictures from sailing in Nova Scotia and Maine.
click here	1998 trip report from sailing my Westsail 28 to Vancouver Island. It is such a beautiful area, with a very rugged coastline; especially the "ocean side" on the west coast of the island.
click here	1996 trip report from sailing my Westsail 28 in south Puget Sound.
click here	1993 trip report from sailing my Westsail 28 from Portland to Seattle.
click here	1990s pictures of My Westsail 28. I bought it in Portland, OR, as an unfinished kit boat. Then, all it took was several years of my life and most of my savings to turn it into a floating home in Seattle. Wow, what an ordeal! But, she was a VERY pretty boat.

40 years of "messing around in boats"

My boating resume.

2017 boat improvement projects were not in short supply. Here were some of them.

2016 The raw water cooling design for my three diesel engines sucked. Here is how I fixed it.

2015 Pictures of "leak hunting". I was trying to figure out why I was getting so much oil and water in the drip pans beneath my engines.

2015 Pictures of engine and heat exchanger cleaning.

2015 Pictures of my current boat, a Marine Trader 38.

2015 Pictures of my last boat, a Formosa 46 sailboat, when it was for sale.

The "Peterson Cutter Website". Lots of goodies on the Kelly Peterson boats and the Formosa.

The "Peterson Cutter Group". It's a discussion group, run by groups.yahoo.com

2013 project. Check out my rather rude and crude cockpit enclosure for my Formosa 46 sailboat.

2013 project. Here are the results of the great deck non-skid painting experiment for my Formosa 46 sailboat.

2012 project. The plywood portion of the aft hatch on my Formosa 46 sailboat had serius rot problems, so I built a new one.

2010 Trip report. My third ICW trip, this time on a 50' motor sailor from Annapolis, MD to Fernandina Beach, FL .

2008 Trip report. Crewing on a Grand Banks 36 from Charleston to Baltimore. I had so much fun the first time, I had to go back.

2007 Trip report. Crewing on a Grand Banks 36 from Charleston to West Palm Beach. I could not believe how comfortable power boating was. If it gets cold and wet, you just go inside and steer where it's warm and dry. What a concept for a foul weather-gear-sailor-type like me!

Here is a book I wrote, called "Following The Dragon". In it, I describe sailing my Formosa 46 sailboat in Florida, the Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos, the Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine.

2001/2002 pictures from sailing in the Great Sale Cay in the northern Bahamas.

2001/2002 pictures from sailing around Marsh Harbor, Bahamas.

2001/2002 pictures from sailing around Royal Island and Allans Cay, Bahamas.

2001/2002 pictures from sailing around Georgetown, Bahamas.

2001/2002 pictures from sailing in the southeast Bahamas.

2001/2002 pictures from sailing in the Chesapeake Bay.

2003 pictures from sailing in Nova Scotia and Maine.

1998 trip report from sailing my Westsail 28 to Vancouver Island. It is such a beautiful area, with a very rugged coastline; especially the "ocean side" on the west coast of the island.

1996 trip report from sailing my Westsail 28 in south Puget Sound.

1993 trip report from sailing my Westsail 28 from Portland to Seattle.

1990s pictures of My Westsail 28. I bought it in Portland, OR, as an unfinished kit boat. Then, all it took was several years of my life and most of my savings to turn it into a floating home in Seattle. Wow, what an ordeal! But, she was a VERY pretty boat.